Wichita eagle., 1887-11-17
SHAKSPERIANA.

Last evening, by special request, the
Shaksperiana was entertained by Mrs Z.
A. Walker at her pleasant home on North
Emporia The hostess spared no pains TO
make the occasion memorable ono IN the
history of the society, and she was re-
warded by the unanimous opinion OF the
members that it was the most enjoyable
meeting ever held.
All the members, of which the following
is list, were present:
Mr. and Mrs. Ceilings, Mr.. Clevelan d,
Mrs. Kanouse, Mr.. Buckner, Mr.. Mater,
Mrs. Hull, Mr.. Dixon, Mr.. Fellows, Mr..
belong, Mr.. Pavey, Mr.. Leach, Mrs.
Richard, Mrs. Crawford, Mrs. Andre, Mrs.
Pearson, Mrs Jackyel, Mrs. Fellows, Mr..
Richards, Mrs. Jackson, Mr..
c. Curtis, Mr.. F. Curtis.
They answered to the roll call with the
following quotations:
Writing makes an exact man.
Bacon.
For women to love some men is like
| throwing flower into a sepulcher.
Hawthorne.
For some shall grasp and some resign,
Some drink life's rue and some its wine,
And God shall make the balance good.
Whittier.
He who learns and learns but act not what
he knows,
! Is one who ploughs and ploughs but never
| sows. Oriental
| Nothing is more simple than greatness.
| Indeed, TO be simple is to be great
Emerson.
Convince a man against his will,
| He is OF the same opinion still.
| Friendship is constant in all other things,
| Save in the offices and affairs of love.
Shakespeare.
| A penny for your thoughts.
John Lilly.
| He most attracts who longest can refuse.
%-Aaron Hill.
The secret of success is constancy to pur-
pose. -Dlsraeh.
A new broom sweeps clean.
John Lilly.
| Oh. that men might be what they seem,
| Or they that be not, would they might
| seem none. Shakespeare.
| Fear hovers round the heads of prosperous
men; for still unsteady are the scales of
| fate.-Schiller.
| The greatest of faults, l should say, is to
| be conscious of none.-Carlyle.
! Let wickedness escape as it may, at the
! bar it never fails of doing justice upon
itself; for every guilty person is his own
| hangman.-Seneca.
! As long liveth the merry man (they say
| As doth the sorry man, and longer by a day.
Nicolas Udall in Ralph Roiste Doister."
| Diligence is the mother of good luck
| Benz. Franklin.
How blessings brighten as they take their
| ight.-Young.
Every man desires to live long but no
man would be old.-Swift.
Assume virtue if you have it not
| Shakespeare.
Let not the unostatious gaud of art,
Which benefits the eyes, but touches not
| the heart.
Lure me from natures purer love away;
| But like pilgrim at some holy shrine
| kneel now to her devotedly,
| And learn in her most sacred features to
DISCERN
| That truth Is beauty
-Dante's Purgatorio.
| Shall I, wasting in despair,
| Die because woman's fair?
| Or make pale my cheek with care
Cause another's cheek is fair?
Be she fairer than the day,
| Or the fiowery meads of May,
If she be not so to me,
What care | how fair she be?
Nv liners.
| Or that the past will always win
| A glory from its being far;
| And orb into perfect star,
| We saw not when we moved therein.
--Tennyson.
| Oaths We're not purposed more than law
| To keep the good and just in awe,
| But to confine the bad and sinful
! Like mortalcattle in a pinfold.
Mans inhumanity to man makes count
less thousands mourn.
| Burns.
The minutes of last meeting were then
read and approved, after which Mr.. Rob
! inson, the leader of the class for this week,
! took charge of the meeting.
A very entertaining account Of the life
| of Caesar was given by Mrs Kanouse.
The seven wonders Of the world were
discussed by Mrs. Buckney. In fact the
entire session was full of interest.
The meeting being brought to a close, the
members turned and refreshed themselves
after their labors with delightful repast
provided by the delightful hostess.
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